Revision of the Common Fisheries Policy

Practical information

1. Composition of the study group
2. Administrator / Assistant in charge: Arturo IÑIGUEZ / Lukáš ĎURECH
3. Contact

Background

On 16 July 2025, the Commission adopted a proposal for the next multi-annual financial framework (‘MFF’) for the period 2028-2034. This includes support to the implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy, to the European Ocean Pact and to the Union’s maritime and aquaculture policy as part of the National and Regional Partnership Fund (the Fund).

Such funding is a key enabler for the generational renewal and energy transition of fisheries, sustainable aquaculture activities, and processing and marketing of fishery and aquaculture products, sustainable blue economy in coastal, island and inland areas, marine knowledge, skilling of blue economy related activities, the resilience of coastal communities and in particular of small-scale coastal fishing, the strengthening of international ocean governance and observation and enabling seas and ocean to be safe, secure, clean and sustainably managed.

As a global ocean actor and the world's fifth largest producer of seafood, the Union has a strong responsibility to protect, conserve and sustainably use the oceans and their resources.

Moreover, safe and secure seas and oceans are essential for an efficient border control and for the global fight against maritime crime, thereby addressing citizens' security concerns.

The proposal establishes the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), to the European Ocean Pact and of the Union’s maritime and aquaculture policy.